Corn-planter attachment



'(No Model.)

H. PETEPISH.

CORN PLANTER ATTACHMENT.

No. 537,851" Patented Apr. 23,1895.

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HOWARD PETEFISH,OF ARCADIA, ILLINOIS.

CORN-PLANTER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 537,851 dated April23, 1895 Application filed August 4, 1894.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HOWARD PETEFISH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Arcadia, in the county of Morgan and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planter Attachments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention saves time and labor in hauling and adjusting the markerusually attached to a corn-planter for the purpose of making a markacross the field, by which the driveris enabled to guide the planter, sothat the corn-rows shall be equally distant from each other. I attainthis result by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawingwhich is a perspective View of the machine.

A, is an arched rod, extending from cornbox B, to corn-box C,'said rodbeing of metal or other hard substance, and the arch being high enoughto be above the lines, or reins by which the driver guides the team, andbeing in diameter one third to one half (t) of one inch. D, isa ring onsaid rod A, of metal or other hard substance and being in diameter, oneand one half (1%) inches, and E, is a large cord or small rope, one endof which is attached to said ring D, the other end being attached to themarker F, which is on a rod, F one end of which is attached to thecenter of the rear of the corn planter, by a swivel, and extends atright angles, either to the right, or left of the corn planter when inaotion-crossing and recrossing the fieldthe other end having a shoe, orrunner, which makes the mark already described. Said marker F. and largecord or small rope E, and ring D, are not my inventionexcept as to thepoint or place of fastening said ring D,-it having heretofore beenfastoned or attached to the whiffietree.

G, G, are two levers for raising the Serial No. 519,519. (No modelt)marker F, when the corn-planter is moving, and the marker not in action;as in turning to recross the field; and in going to, and returningfromthe field; or in passing over obstacles; these levers being operated bythe driver with his feet, by pressing downward.

H, H, are hooks or stays to hold the levers down.

I am aware that prior to my invention, an arc-shaped or curved metal barhas been in use on corn planters, by which in connection with a ringtraversing said bar, attached to a rope, which was also attached to themarker, the marker could be transferred from one side of the planter tothe other; and that Letters Patent were issued to one Daniel G.Gilliland November 23, 1886, numbered 353,215, for such an invention;but I am not aware, that the arched rod A, extending from corn box tocorn-box (instead of being placed on an oscillating whiftletree) hasever been used in connection with levers,..handled or operated with thefeet for raising the marker, without the driver having to dismount fromhis seat, as described in my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure Letters Patent for, is-

The combination in a corn-row marker, of the rod F, pivoted to the rearcross-beam, the guide rope E., extending to ring D., sliding on thearched rod A. incombination with the pivoted levers G. G. and stays H.H.,whereby the rod F, may be raised by the levers to within reach of theoperator, for transferring the rod from side to side of the frame, andfor locking the same when not in operation substantially as shown anddescribed.

HOWARD PETEFISH.

Witnesses:

J. .MARSHALL MILLER, J. P. BROWN.

